Rate constant calculations of the C2 + HCN → CCCN+H addition via the Master Equation.

The addition of C2 to HCN is of relevant interest in astrochemistry. We studied the pathways of this addition to produce CCCN and estimated its reaction rate using the Master Equation in the circumstellar environment. From the results of this study, it was possible to show that a different pathway in the Surface Potential Energy-PES can also be investigated. In a circumstellar envelop environment, with temperatures varying between 1000 K and 2000 K, the abundances of these species are favorable to this kind of addition, and our branching ratio for the rate constant showed that the new pathway is more favorable in comparison with other possibilities for this range of temperatures in this environment, and must be taken into account in any computation of the rate constant. Graphical Abstract Branching ratios of pathways involved in the C2 + HCN → CCCN+H addition, at a temperature range of 1000-2000 K.